it is with sense of pride and satisfaction that we look back on our record as an organization and a part of the weber academy especially is this true of this year's accomplish we began operations last fall under rather discourag conditions not the least of which was a debt of nearly forty dollars not only have we cleared up this debt but we have inflated our treasury with good solid coin far beyond any mark established previously by us or so far as we know by any other class for just what purpose this surplus will will be explained later sow an act and you reap a habit ; sow a habit and you reap a character sow a character and you reap a destiny — boardman tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains aaron hill the class committee has succeeded in snap-shotting all members of the senior class together with others whose faces you see in this depart men t debating perhaps by making a statement we run the risk of criticism but before we leave the school we think it not improper to at least express our opinion last year we lost to the class 11 this year we de termined to cover that defeat with victory our team met and de feated last year's champions and thus came up for the final with the class 12 the decision of the judges was against us now just where the line is between taking defeat gracefully and welcoming an injustice is mostly a matter of opinion but this is one thing that the class of 10 cannot take and feel good about here we feel we have received a big lemon rather than suffered defeat moreover this is not entirely imagination for this opinion was upheld and sustained by faculty members and the debating committee from the faculty but nothing was done to right the admitted injustice this idea was further upheld when the school team was selected it would have been logical to expect the majority of the team at least to be chosen from the sophomore class since they were class champions but such was not the case furthermore two of the senior debaters were of fered positions on the school team in preference to any others we would not have it understood that we entertain any but the best of feelings for we readily admit that it was not their fault we only contend that if a rank decision were rendered as was admitted an attempt at least tp rectify should have been made seniors by seniors